Paper Info
Title
A Hierarchical Model of Supply-Chain Integration: Information Sharing and Operational Interdependence in the US Grocery Channel
Abstract
This paper examines costs of and motivations for interconnectivity within the grocery supply chain, employing evidence from multiple case studies and survey data to develop a seven-level model of technology-enabled supply-chain connectivity and channel interdependence. This theoretical model, built around a modified transactions-costs framework, is illustrated using examples of processes that span multiple levels of interconnectivity and interdependence within the grocery channel between different groups of customers and suppliers. Our analysis suggests that while a discernible hierarchy of levels of IT-enabled interorganizational connectivity exists, not all relationships necessarily evolve to the highest level of “virtual integration”. Indeed, limits on executive attention preclude this level from being achieved by more than a small fraction of trading partners. The model generates eight testable hypotheses for further study.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1023/A:1011497025090
Information Technology and Management
Keywords
DocType
Volume
alliance,grocery,it-enabled interorganizational connectivity,edi,supply-chain integration,inter- organizational systems,seven-level model,integration,business process reengineering,interconnec- tivity,highest level,partnership,hierarchical model,grocery channel,grocery supply chain,supply chain management,interdependence,us grocery channel,connectivity,multiple case study,theoretical model,operational interdependence,channel interdependence,multiple level,channel,technology-enabled supply-chain connectivity,retail,survey data,transaction cost,interconnectivity,supply chain
Journal
2
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1573-7667
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.57
16
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Theodore H. K. Clark149953.40
David C. Croson211712.36
William T. Schiano3296.04